Zeal Optics Transcend Ski Goggles Feature Futuristic HUD [Goggles Show GPS, Speed and Altitude on Heads Up Display]

Tweet

Zeal Optics, the Boulder, Colorado-based manufacturer of ski and snowboard goggles and optics, has created a new heads-up-display system that is integrated directly into a new kind of goggle.  The Zeal Optics Transcend goggles feature a HUD that shows GPS, speed, altitude, a vertical odometer and more all while their wearer is speeding down the snow-covered slopes.

The Zeal Optics Transcend Goggles use the lens portion of the unit not only to protect the wearer’s eyes, but as a visual display of ride and location data.  An image is inset into the goggles that displays a range of data including GPS location information, ride speed, the rider’s current altitude as well as a trip odometer showing the total distance traveled.  The wearer can scroll through these data screens using three buttons on the right side of the goggles.

This new technology by Zeal Optics begs the question, “why didn’t they think of this before?”  The Transcend ski goggles bring the virtues of information and safety to winter sport, a pretty revolutionary relevation by Zeal Optics.  The new HUD goggles will begin shipping this October for between $350 and $450.